Integrative review and framework of suggested mechanisms in primary muscle tension dysphonia

M Desjardins, C Apfelbach, M Rubino… - Journal of Speech …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Despite the high prevalence of primary muscle tension dysphonia (MTD-1), its
underlying mechanisms and their interrelationships have yet to be fully identified. The …

Do-it-yourself voice dosimeter device: A tutorial and performance results

P Bottalico, CJ Nudelman - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: Voice dosimeters gather voice production data in the daily lives of individuals with
voice disorders. Additionally, voice dosimeters aid in understanding the pathophysiology of …

Acoustic and physiologic correlates of vocal effort in individuals with and without primary muscle tension dysphonia

LE Toles, AC Shembel - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2024 - ASHA
Objectives: The aims of this study were to determine relationships between vocal effort and
(a) acoustic correlates of vocal output and (b) supraglottic compression in individuals with …

Detecting mild phonotrauma in daily life

JH Van Stan, J Burns, T Hron, S Zeitels… - The …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim of this study was to gain quantitative insights into the role of daily voice
use associated with mild phonotrauma via the Daily Phonotrauma Index (DPI), a measure …

A mixed-method feasibility study of the use of the Complete Vocal Technique (CVT), a pedagogic method to improve the voice and vocal function in singers and actors …

J McGlashan, M Aaen, A White, C Sadolin - Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2023 - Springer
Background Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) results from inefficient or ineffective voice
production and is the cause of voice and throat complaints in up to 40% of patients …

Estimation of subglottal pressure, vocal fold collision pressure, and intrinsic laryngeal muscle activation from neck-surface vibration using a neural network framework …

EJ Ibarra, JA Parra, GA Alzamendi, JP Cortés… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ambulatory assessment of vocal function can be significantly enhanced by having
access to physiologically based features that describe underlying pathophysiological …

Daily Phonotrauma Index: An objective indicator of large differences in self-reported vocal status in the daily life of females with phonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction

CJ Nudelman, AJ Ortiz, AB Fox, DD Mehta… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the Daily Phonotrauma Index (DPI) can
quantitatively discriminate large differences in overall vocal status in the daily life of patients …

Lombard effect in individuals with nonphonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction: Impact on acoustic, aerodynamic, and vocal fold vibratory parameters

C Castro, P Prado, VM Espinoza, A Testart… - Journal of Speech …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: This exploratory study aims to investigate variations in voice production in the
presence of background noise (Lombard effect) in individuals with nonphonotraumatic vocal …

Changes in the Daily Phonotrauma Index following the use of voice therapy as the sole treatment for phonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction in females

JH Van Stan, AJ Ortiz, KL Marks, LE Toles… - Journal of Speech …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The aim of this study was to use the Daily Phonotrauma Index (DPI) to quantify
group-based changes in the daily voice use of patients with phonotraumatic vocal …

Vocal fold dissipated power in females with hyperfunctional voice disorders

H Ghasemzadeh, RE Hillman, VM Espinoza, BD Erath… - Journal of Voice, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Phonotrauma has been hypothesized to be associated with prolonged and/or
accumulated biomechanical stress on vocal fold tissue. This hypothesis can be tested using …